Disinfectant or fumigating attachment for nests.



c. L. RANDO-LPH.

' DISINFECTANT ORTUMIGATING ATTACHMENT FOR NESTS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1914.

1,156,021. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

awe/Moi )5 C LBHNDoLPH mzw.

COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON n c l K N; 4 p

Il IT S.

s 'AI ore COLEMAN L. RANDOLPH, OF BOON'VILLE, MISSOURI.

DISINFECTANT on FUMIGATING erracnrinivr roe nnsrsf Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 14, 19i4. Serial No. 872,193.

To all whom 5% may concern:

Be it'known that I, COLEMAN L. RAN- DOLPH, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Boonville, in the county of Cooper infesting the same.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an attachment of this character which may be applied to a plurality of nests, whether arranged one above the other, in alinement, or arranged one in the rear of the other and is disposed in the bottom of the nests and arranged so that it will not come in contact with the fowl or eggs.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the above character which will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is'inexpensive to manufacture and, at the same time, is simple in construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation, parts thereof being illustrated in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view; and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the manner of connecting the conveying pipe when two or more nests are to be fumigated.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a nest casing, which is preferably rectangular in cross section and is divided by means of partition walls 2, into a plurality of nests. In order to convey the disinfectant or fumigating material to each of the nests, I provide a pipe 3 which extends longitudinally through the casing 1 and is disposed at the bottom and preferably at the middle of each. This pipe is provided within each of the nests with spaced openings 4, whereby the fumes from the dis infectant may be dischar ed. Connected with the pipe 3 at one end t ereof, is an e1- bow 5 and arranged within the other end of the elbow, is a connecting pipe 6, having a valve member 7 therein which is provided with ahand wheel 8 whereby to open and close the valve. Connected with the valve 7, is a. funnel-shaped container 9 which is Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

adapted to receive the disinfectant or fumi gating material.

Fron1 the above it will be apparent that the fumigating material from the container 9 canv be admitted to the pipe 3 by opening valve 7'. In the present instance, the outer end of the pipe 3is provided with a'closure cap 10 but, should it be desired to connect the pipe with a number. of nests, as il1ustrated inthe diagrammatic view in Fig. 3, this cap'will be done away with and the connection made directly withthe outer end of the pipe 3, It will be apparent that. any

number of casings may be quickly disin fected by arranging thev discharge pipe therein, and connecting the discharge pipe with the end of the pipe 3. When it is desired to fill the container 9, the cap 11 which covers the opening 12 in the container may be readily removed and the liquid or other material supplied to the container.

In order to protect the material in the nests from resting directly upon the pipe 3, I provide the screen wire partitions 13 which extend horizontally across the bottom of the nests and which are secured to each side thereof in any suitable manner. The valve 7 and the container 9 are retained in an upright position by means of a bracing wire 14:, the intermediate portion of which is coiled about. the valve member, while the ends thereof are soldered or otherwise secured to the top of the nest casing 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing that I have provided a simple and durable device of the character set forth whereby disinfectant or fumigating material may be readily conducted to the nests to prevent lice and other vermin from infesting the same. It will also be apparent that my device is extremely simple disinfectant passes through the valve 7 into the pipe 3, the wick will become saturated with the same and the fumes passed up through the openings 4 into the nests. From this it will be apparent that a continual supply of the fumes from the disinfectant will pass upward through the nests whereby to prevent any lice 'or other vermin from infesting the same.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice, without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing, from the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is 1. T he combination with a nest box and a perforated partition extending horizontally across the nestbox, of a perforated pipe disposed within said box and extending below said. partition, said pipe at one end extending out of the nest box and having an upwardly extending portion terminating in a disinfectant container, a valve disposed in said upwardly extending portion of the pipe and controlling the passage of disinfectant from the container into said pipe, and a wick disposed within the pipe below the valve and extending beneath the perfora tions in the pipe.

2. The combination with a nest box and a reticulated partition extending horizontally across the nest box, of a perforated pipe disposed within and extending within the nest box below said partition, said pipe extending out of the nest box at one end and being upwardly turned and terminating in a disinfectant container disposed above the nest box, a valve located in the upwardly extending portion of the pipe and controlling the pas age of disinfectant through the pipe, a wick disposed in the pipe below the valve and extending beneath the perforations in the pipe, said container being provided with a top having a relatively small filling open ing, and a detachable cap closing said opening.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CQLEMAN L. RANDOLPH.

l/Vitnesses:

E. R. Rirrn'rs, W. A. ENGLAND.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. D. 0. 

